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Millions of children face malnutrition in Afghanistan

Unicef says stunting can cause severe irreversible physical and cognitive damage

Afghanistan faces an unprecedented hunger crisis.The United Nations say 3.2 million children under the age of five are malnourished and there has been an alarming surge of stunting.

Nearly eleven months after a Hamas attack on Israel, we look at the impact the war in Gaza is having on school children as war disrupts their second year of school.

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Image Credit:Baby Bibi Hajira was fighting for her life. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Imogen Anderson.

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